Design + Technology Specialist

Department:

SHA - Studio

Location:

Shanghai, SH

Perkins Eastman is currently seeking a talented and experienced individual to be Design + Technology Specialist in our Shanghai – China office to advance the efficacy of the firm’s design initiatives in the execution of its projects. The Design+Technology Specialist will leverage strong knowledge of AEC industry standards, tools and practices to support and improve workflow collaboration and efficiencies throughout project delivery.

Perkins Eastman Shanghai Office provides clients full design services from strategy, to programming and planning, to high-performance buildings with design excellence across a variety of practice areas in the local and regional market. This position will be a key leader in the office, working with the current leadership and talent to help continue to grow our presence and capabilities in Shanghai and the region.

What You Will Do:

Self-manage and deliver on selected and assigned tasks, projects and group initiatives.

Provide second tier customer support to design/production staff across multiple offices.

When and where applicable, coordinate support between external vendors and internal staff.

Train and educate staff in the use of design tools, company standards and best practices.

Coordinate efforts in development, testing and implementation of design tools and services.

Develop and ratify interoperability workflows between various design applications/platforms.

Proficiency in use and support of MS PowerPoint as a presentation tool and Adobe Creative Cloud/Suite of applications, incl. Acrobat, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.

Familiarity with Autodesk Revit API & Dynamo, as well as Grasshopper for Rhino, are pluses.

Familiarity with use of Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality tools and platforms, a plus.

3 of 5+ years of experience as a Project BIM Lead providing direct CAD/BIM support to project teams, involving team/project guidance and solutions development and/or as a fulltime BIM/Revit Support Specialist at an office, region or firm wide level.

About Perkins Eastman:

Perkins Eastman is recognized as “a Global Design Giant” with 17 interdisciplinary design studios around the world and a dedicated staff of over 1000 people from 70 different countries. We focus on all aspects of design and planning in the built environment, and are driven by our core belief that great design has a positive impact on people’s lives. We design for people and capture this in our ethos “Human by Design”.